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Riots broke out in Italy today as many thousands of people gathered in cities
around the world for a global day of protest against corporate greed and
widening economic inequality.

Police in Rome fired teargas and water cannon to disperse a demonstration near
the Colosseum after some protesters set cars alight and smashed the windows
of banks and shops. Others pelted riot squads with fireworks, bottles and
stones.

Masked rioters armed with hammers and bats battered cash machines, and a group
broke into the Italian defence ministry and ransacked offices inside. Two
news crews from Sky Italia were beaten up.

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Rome riots in global ‘day of protest’ against corporate greed

October 15 2011

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Rioting broke out in Rome during a global day of protest against corporate greed

October 15 2011 Getty

Rioting broke out in Rome during a global day of protest against corporate greed

October 15 2011 Getty

Hardcore agitators were blamed for the violence

October 15 2011 Reuters

Riot police were attacked and cars set alight

October 15 2011 Getty

Masked rioters with hammers and bats attacked banks

October 15 2011 EPA

Protesters in Rome attempt to break into a bank

October 15 2011 EPA

Riot police charged the protesters and fired tear gas

October 15 2011 Reuters

In London, a protest outside St Paul's Cathedral was peaceful

October 15 2011 Getty

They had hoped to occupy a square in front of the London Stock Exchange